Fatigue behaviour of notched specimens of friction stir welded aluminium alloy 6063-T6

Journal of Materials Processing Technology

Volumn 207, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 283-292

  Moreira, P M G P ^a   de Oliveira, F M F ^a   de Castro, P M S T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Fatigue life; Friction stir welding; Microstructures; Scanning electron microscopy; Strain based approach of fatigue life

Indexed keywords

ALLOYS; ALUMINUM ALLOYS; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FATIGUE TESTING; FRICTION; GAS WELDING; LIGHT METALS; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; STRESSES; SURFACE DEFECTS; TRIBOLOGY; WELDED STEEL STRUCTURES; WELDING;

FATIGUE LIFE; FRICTION STIR WELDING; MICROSTRUCTURES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STRAIN-BASED APPROACH OF FATIGUE LIFE;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 50949108474     PISSN: 09240136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmatprotec.2007.12.113     Document Type: Article

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